He still got it, that the record for the first hour in the permanent 3 hour format much like his contract signing is the spike tv record still
According to TVByTheNumbers.com, this week's edition of WWE Raw averaged 4.869 million viewers, which is up 11% from last week's show, which took in an average of 4.403 million viewers.
The show did see a big drop from the first hour to the third hour, however, as the
first hour did 5.249 million viewers, the second hour did 4.995 million viewers, and the final hour did 4.363 million viewers, which is a 17% drop from the first hour of the show
* for reference the. Rock /Punk go home viewership for the rumble
Hour 1 - 4.37 million
Hour 2 - 4.41 million
Hour 3 - 4.16 million
with a 3.04 rating